Sainsbury’s

This branch of Sainsburys is really accessible, as you can easily get the bus to it by stopping opposite Ikea, or walking from the main Braehead bus station; also there are huge car parks and in branch taxi phones available, and a bike rack.
The clothing section is very generous, with men’s, women’s and children’s clothes, all at reasonable prices. A lot of their ‘basics’ clothing such as T-​Shirts are Fairtrade branded as well, which is a great touch for such affordable range. They have a GokWan range which is designed to reflect current catwalk looks and also a good range of smart office clothes, as well as a changing range of seasonal offers. I don’t always find what I am looking for, but they do have a well organised sale rack when the discounting time takes place, sometimes they have 25% off weekends and at other times will have seasonal reductions. Shoes and boots wise, very good for vegans as a lot are not leather (and those which are, always say).
The books and homewares section is always worth a browse, they have a technology section as well which sells phones, TV’s, DVD’s, docking stations and the latest games and consoles. I’m fond of their newsagent range as they tend to have magbooks and a good range of newspapers and magazines.
There are fishmonger, deli and bakery sections, and aisles and aisles of fresh produce. As this is a larger store they often have organic goods, as well as ‘free from’ and luxury ‘be good to yourself’ things, and also specialist cookery ingredients. Sainsbury’s fish range is impressive, a lot of it is MSC certified, more so than other supermarkets in my experience.
I could spend ages browsing the vegetables as they always seem to present stuff so nicely, and at the end of the day you might find a bargain or two. They sell everything from basics range to exotic fruit, and everything is clearly labelled and priced. Their bakery has some really unusual things too. lovely loaves!

Sainsburys has always been one of my favourite supermarket chains and this is one of their best stores. A huge space that includes a large clothes section, an excellent selection of homewares (don’t even get me started on my love for their amazing bakeware section), a good range of electrical items, stationery and cards, sports equipment and seasonal ranges. There is also a café on site and a petrol station.
All of this is great, but you might be worried this would encroach on the main business of a supermarket, selling food! Thankfully this store is big enough that there’s still plenty of space for this. There is a great selection of quality fresh food, including dairy, fruit, vegetables, baked goods and meat as well as all the staples you would expect.
My only criticisms of this Sainsburys are the limited choice in the red wine and beer sections and the occasional tendency to be understocked on certain items or to take a while to restock. Even with this in mind this is still my supermarket of choice.

Clothes, Magazenes, Food, café, TV’s & few other missalanious things.
About the same size if not bigger than the Darnley store, does take a bit of getting used to in trying to find all the stuff your looking for but garanteed to find what your looking for unlike some of the smaller local/​metro/​express stores.

In the petrol station I work in we promote Nectar cards, so obviously I have one. I’m a sucker that way! So anyway me having a Nectar card often leads me to Sainsbury’s for some shopping.
My local Sainsbury’s is this one because all the other Glasgow based ones I have seen so far are only Locals which are small and not great for anything other than ‘Oh I forgot…‘
Whenever I come here I’m never disappointed when it comes to getting the items on my list and then some more too. The shelves have been suitably stocked and the staff have been friendly, making polite conversation, which I’m terrible at so it means a lot to me as a customer that they try.
Like most supermarkets these days, Sainsbury’s has many brand named goods as well as a vast selection of their own brand which is just as good in my opinion because it most of the time tastes better and it makes my pennies stretch a bit farther.
Once I’ve done my shopping whether it be groceries, clothes or home stuff I often go to the café, sit all my bags down and get a tea/​coffee and a cake, or depending on the time of day I’ll get a full meal. Compared to other Supermarket café’s I think Sainsbury’s are better quality and the portion sizes aren’t bad either.

This Grocery Behemoth is situated across from the Ikea and almost the same size. If it is not equal in space to a Tesco Extra — it is damn close.
Like all of these superstores, they are not located near anyone. Nobody lives next to a Sainsbury’s Superstore, unless you are living under a motorway. But there is decent public transport and a lot of parking for this store and the nearby Braehead complex.
This place contains the vast array of goods that are now common in these superstores. Clothing, electronics, housewares and of course groceries. In all of the departments, it does most of the reasonably but none very well. Only in grocerys does this store shine, I would travel down here to shop for auto supplies when Halfords is next door.
It has all of the regular sections when you finally get to the grocers, fishmonger, cheese counter, bakery and such along the back.
I would complement them on their produce and bakery. I do prefer their bagels to the titchy ones avalable at Marks.
Two things I get when I am here. Decent bagels and Lipton Peach Ice Tea in big bottles.
They also have pretty good bargains on imported beers and whisky. Keep an eye out for the red tags for sales.

The biggest Sainsburys I have been in.
It’s much like a big Tesco like the one in Springburn, with clothes, DVD’s and things for in the home as well as food.
Loads of checkouts, including self service ones with a really good meat counter and bags of choice on products that make wish I came here more often than the local ones where choice is limited.
They also have good produce and loads of room to move around unlike some of your big Tescos or the wee Morrisons in Patrick if you’re going for a trolleys worth.
Maybe not the best idea in Sainsbury’s though, as some of the stuff is pretty expensive.
I do love their chicken though. I have to say.
NOT open 24 hours.

This is an excellent large supermarket located in Braehead. Quite a lot of parking, but as this is used for the whole of Braehead it can occassionally be difficult to get a space. The supermarket itself is great, good butcher and seafood counter which has lots of choice. Not always as cheap as some other supermarkets but I think their own brand stuff is a wee bit better quality. Excellent dvd/​cd/​book section offering all the latest releases at good prices. They also have a clothing/​homeware and electrical goods section where you can find some really good items. Overall a great supermarket.

This is a large sainsburys located in the Braehead shopping centre. Plenty of trollys/​baskets available on your way in and large car park outside. It has everything you need to do your main shop, but I can never find everything i need and end up trecking up and down the isles to find one particular thing or another. Stock cubes for example — you would think these would be on an isle next to say salt, pepper, condiments, but no, after much searching I ended up asking and it was in the FREEZER section! On a shelf about the freezers I give you that, but I never would have looked there and hadnt needed to go to the freezer section for my other shopping. Nice home section and own brand clothing. Wouldn’t shop there all the time, but ok of you are in Braehead anyway and need a few things.